Chapter 4
The Hotel
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Mia
I punched the button in the elevator and leaned back against the wall as the doors began to close. I can't believe I am doing this, I must be fucking crazy. Dom is going to strangle me when he gets the bill next month.
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Letty
I can't believe Mia is actually doing this. Dom is going to kill me if he finds out I planted this idea in his sister's head. A suite no less, I can just imagine how much it is going to be for one night. The elevator stops and the doors soundlessly open, I step out and wait for Mia who has the two keycards.
"Which way?"
"We're in 2028. So according to that sign we should be around the corner somewhere."
We started walking in that direction until we were standing outside of the room 2028.
"Well, what are you waiting for open the door. This shit is getting heavy."
"Sorry"
She slid the keycard into the slot and pushed open the door for me. I heard the door slam shut and the lights flickered on and Mia gasped behind me.
"Holy Shit Letty, this room is amazing."
"It is fucking nice."
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Mia
I couldn't believe how nice the suite was as I explored it further. There were two bedrooms off the sitting room with a huge shared bath between them. I went into one of the rooms, sat down on the bed, and thought about my childhood. We were not poor but we weren't affluent either. Somehow, we managed to stay just above the comfortable level. Whenever we went on any family vacations when I was younger which were rare since my parents fought all the time when we had always stayed at motels. They were never anything to get excited about. My mom would share a room with me and Dom would share with my dad, then they would usually go out and leave me with Dom. He was always around me watching what I was doing and who I was doing it with.
"Yo, Mia here."
I looked up and saw Letty leaning against the doorframe holding a Corona.
"Thanks Letty."
I stood up grabbed the offered bottle and followed her back out to the sitting area and found that while I was reminiscing she had put the rest of the Corona in the fridge and the chips were on the table.
"Do you watch Sex and the City? The new season starts tonight."
I felt my jaw drop and Letty rolled her eyes.
"I can't picture you watching something like that Letty."
"Well I do. So who is your favorite? Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, or Charlotte?"
"I guess I like Samantha because she is the total opposite of me. I would love to be as confident and sexy as her. Who is your favorite Letty?"
"Well, I guess my favorite is Carrie because I like her unique sense of style."
The theme music started playing, and both Letty and I sat down on the couch. When it was over I got up to grab two more Coronas and Letty aimlessly flipped through the channels.
"Hey Mia you ever see that movie Pitch Black?"
"No is it good?"
"It's okay the leading man is hot, he reminds me of your brother. It starts in an hour."
I handed her the bottle and sat down on the floor with my back against the couch.
"You really care for my brother don't you?"
"Mia, we've been together for seven years already. Of course I care for him."
"I can't believe it's been so long, that was before he went away. You know I was surprised that you stuck around and waited for him."
"Of course I waited for him, your brother is the shit. There was no way in hell I was going to let a little jail time ruin my relationship. Besides I had to stick around to keep an eye on you."
I sat straight up and looked at her.
"Excuse me?"
"Don't get all pissy with me Mia. Dom asked me too, he was worried about you being alone."
"He was worried about me?"
"Of course he was, he always worried about you. We used to argue all the time of his over protectiveness. I used to tell him that if he kept you too removed from the world that you were going to go ubotz one day and murder us all. Kind of like a new age Lizzie Borden."
I downed the rest of my beer and stood up to get another one. My mind was reeling, Dom being worried about me, him and Letty arguing about me. It was just so odd. I sat back down on the floor facing her this time.
"I can't believe you argued about me."
"Yeah, we did I always wanted to get you out of that house take you to parties and such. Your brother though didn't want you exposed to that life. I guess he wanted better for you or something, I guess he was right because you turned out normal."
I started to speak but was interrupted by Letty's phone ringing. She got up, looked at it, and turned the ring volume off. Within seconds my phone started to ring, following her lead I got up and did the same thing. For the next twenty minutes, our phones would take turns ringing.
"We should at least let him know we're okay."
"How are we going to do that with out speaking to him."
"Well call Leon from a payphone, he won't recognize the number so he should just answer it. We tell him that we are fine, and that we'll be home when we're ready then hang-up."
I wasn't waiting for an answer from her, I was drunk enough to still want to get back a Dom for being a dick. Yet still, sober enough to know that I didn't want him to spend the whole night worrying about me. I knew what that was like Dom did it often when we were younger leaving to go race then going to some party with Letty never calling and not coming home to the next morning. I shakily stood up and grabbed some change from my purse and the key card.
"You coming Letty?"
"Yeah, but we'd better make this fast Pitch Black starts in ten minutes."